Friday, June 18, 2010

Shower Curtain Hooks

I found these shower curtain hooks at Ross a few months ago for $4.99. Liked the shape, but not the color.

I first sanded them with sandpaper for metal, then I primed them.

Like my setup? I knew those random pieces of floral foam would come in handy someday =)

I actually did this project a month or so ago and it took several days to finish because it rained on and off for about a week.

Here comes the rain clouds!

Ok, so maybe that picture doesn't look so bad, but to the left were some dark, grey clouds about ready to unleash some fury.

I don't know if it was the weather that caused this or what, but the primer ended up cracking.

Do you like my lame attempt to scratch the primer off my finger nails?

I decided to to just leave it as-is and I painted over them with espresso spray paint. I figure nobody will notice unless the shower curtain hook police decide to stop by for an unannounced visit. I'm not too worried about that happening though.

I forgot to take a picture after I painted them brown, but they were really plain, so I went to Michael's and picked up a package of little mirrors (with a coupon, of course!). I used E6000 to glue them on and they fit perfectly on the front.

I might eventually put some kind of trim around the mirrors to give it more of a finished look...or I might just leave them.

These look great! I hate when a project goes crackely like that, but love it when the solution is something better in the end!Also, good for you for putting a sheet down to spray paint on... we have little "outlines" of everything I do in our garage and driveway... you'd think I'd learn ;)

Thanks for all the nice comments!Ann - I was thinking of twine, but my bathroom has kind of a french feel and I'm not sure twine would be the best choice. I'll have to wait until inspiration strikes before making up my mind =)